Here are the Top 5 Concerts of the Coming Week: 1. ELLIE GOULDING Three years ago this month, British singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding played at Philadelphia’s World Cafe Live, and introduced herself to the United States after her debut album “Lights”...

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Here are the Top 5 Concerts of the Coming Week: 1. ELLIE GOULDING Three years ago this month, British singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding played at Philadelphia’s World Cafe Live, and introduced herself to the United States after her debut album “Lights” ...

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Allentown Fair says it will announce Monday who its sixth and final headline act will be for its Sept. 1 date. And, fool that I am, I’m going to take a stab at guessing who they will announce. 3 Doors ...

Two Allentown-born jazz musicians who were vying to become the first Lehigh Valley-born winner of a Grammy Award again watched others claim music’s biggest honors Sunday at the 53rd annual awards ceremony. A spoken worde album with local ties also ...

The bad news for me, I suppose, is that of the 11 categories in which I picked a winner for Sunday’s 53rd annual Grammy Awards, I was right in only five. The good news is that, I wasn’t really wrong ... .

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INDIO, Calif. — Dee Dee Penny, lead singer of the Dum Dum Girls, is no stranger to performing at giant summer musical events. At the first of the two-weekend Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival events last Friday, her retro-rock act played before...

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Many cities boast about their scenes, and rightly so. Few if any, though, have such a range of sounds as Los Angeles. It's overwhelming, as evidenced by the volume of artists trekking eastbound along Interstate 10 toward Austin, Texas. For those headed to...

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One of Neil Young’s not-so-whimsical mottoes has long been “Quality — whether you want it or not,” but it appears there’s a population of music fans that does want it, judging by the early...

The Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. has announced its first wave of winners, with more selections to be announced Sunday afternoon.
Lupita Nyong'o received supporting actress honors for "12 Years a Slave," in which she played the abused...

Alfonso Cuarón's sci-fi thriller "Gravity" and Spike Jonze's offbeat love story "Her" tied for best film honors from the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. It was one of three ties in major categories.
The organization's lead...

Those looking for evidence that commercial rock 'n' roll music as we have known it — the kind featuring an electric guitarist — is in a coma need only examine a few recent incidents for proof.
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Last year, the emo bands Paramore and Fall Out Boy -- both in revitalized form following lengthy fallow periods -- came together atop the Billboard 200 when their latest albums made back-to-back debuts at No. 1.
Now the two are joining forces again.
The...